Emotional Development: Attachment Flashcards
What is an emotional bond between two people?
Attachment
Who discovered the four types of attachments?
Ainsworth
What’s the test Ainsworth developed to test the attachments?
The Strange Situation Test
What are the three steps to Ainsworth’s Test?
1st: Mothers presence
2nd: Mother leaves the room
3rd: Mothers return
What is the attachment type when the child actively seeks out comfort from the caregiver?
Secure Attachment
Observation 1: The child leaves Mom, they are independent.
Observations 2: Mom leaves, child does not care.
Observation 3: Mom returns, child doesn’t care
What attachment is this?
Avoidant Attachment:
- No crying in absence of caregiver
- Does not seek comfort
Observation 1: The child clings, doesn’t explore.
Observation 2: Mom leaves, child is extremely upset.
Observation 3: Mom returns, child pushes them away.
What is the attachment?
Ambivalent Attachment
‘I love you, I hate you’
-Reject and refuses caregivers comfort
How do you know if there’s a Disorganized Attachment?
When the responses are contradictory.
What does Harlow discover that babies prefer?
Babies prefer comfort.
What is the term for when children uses others reactions to judge a situations?
Social Refrencing
Temperament is-
How you express needs and emotions.
What are the three different types of temperament.
Easy: Predictable
Difficult: Negative reactions
Slow to Warm Up: Inactive, apathetic: warily then fine
What are the differences in genders?
Boys have more externalizing disorders.
Girls have more internalized disorders.
